25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee

Music and Lyrics by William Finn, and book by Rachel Sheinkin. Conceived by Rebecca Feldman with additional material by Jay Reiss(Produced jointly with the MSU Department of Music). An eclectic group of six mid-pubescents vie for the spelling championship of a lifetime. While candidly disclosing hilarious and touching stories from their home lives, the tweens spell their way through a series of (potentially made-up) words, hoping never to hear the soul-crushing, pout-inducing, life un-affirming "ding" of the bell that signals a spelling mistake. Six spellers enter; one speller leaves! At least the losers get a juice box.